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Month: February 2020

Clyde Curry Gets On The What If List

February 27, 2020 admin Leave a comment

When Decade skipper Clyde Curry went before the Grand Jury in Ketchikan — a Grand Jury that twice indicted John…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, boat fire, Craig Alaska, Hollis Alaska, Jim Stogsdill, Prince of Wales Island, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

Bad Memories, Memory Even Worse

February 26, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Ketchikan, Alaska March 20-25, 1986 In a trial where memories — bad memories — were central, the pace of witness…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Ketchikan, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

What Is It About Lying, Anyway?

February 25, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Let’s face it, lying is a common feature of the human condition. Kids do it to avoid punishment. Politicians do…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Judge Thomas Schulz, larry demmert, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

Defending Larry Demmert, Jr.

February 20, 2020 admin Leave a comment

The only person defending Larry Demmert, Jr. was Mary Anne Henry. Characterically, she saved her strongest words for the tactics…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, larry demmert, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

Careless Conversation or Witness Tampering?

February 19, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Although Larry Demmert got some respite from having Sgt. Glass in the courtroom, it didn’t prevent him from being careless.…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Judge Thomas Schulz, larry demmert, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

That Damn Fifth Amendment

February 13, 2020 admin Leave a comment

The drug questions weren’t the only issues at stake. So, too, were Weidner’s seemingly endless questions about Demmert’s immunity and,…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, John Peel, Judge Thomas Schulz, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

Five Days In Hell

February 12, 2020 admin Leave a comment

March 11-18, 1986 After a half day of nailing Larry Demmert, Jr. for his presumed drug use, the following day…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Judge Thomas Schulz, Ketchikan, larry demmert, What Happened In Craig

Drugs, Dreams & Desperation

February 11, 2020 admin Leave a comment

“The evidence will show that the prosecution in this case, they’ve adopted basically a see-no reality, hear-no reality, speak-no reality…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, John Peel, Ketchikan, larry demmert, What Happened In Craig

Fragments of Memory: Larry Demmert, Jr.

February 6, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Larry Demmert, Jr., was an important witness for the state. Maybe the most important witness. He was certainly important enough…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Bellingham, Craig Alaska, Jim Stogsdill, larry demmert, What Happened In Craig

Professional Killer Or Panicked Amateur?

February 5, 2020 admin 2 Comments

Phillip Weidner wanted the jury to know that the prosecution had failed to notice something crucial about the killer, in what…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, boat fire, John Peel, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

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What Happened in Craig

On a foggy afternoon in September of 1982 the Investor, a salmon fishing vessel, was engulfed in flames near the tiny village of Craig, Alaska. All efforts to stop the blaze were repulsed by the heat and fury of fire—until the blaze had run its course. Eight people, including a pregnant woman and two small children, were missing…

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